When LaRon Landry refused to get surgery on his Achilles, a surgery recommended strongly by Redskins team doctors, the Redskins had no problem letting their former #6 overall pick go. With the bad Achilles, he got little to no interest on the open market, aside from the New York Jets, who, in desperate need of safety help, gave him a heavily incentivized 4 million dollar deal and hoped he could find his former form.

That being said, it’s definitely not a good sign for the Jets that Landry has been thus far unable to participate in the team’s offseason conditioning program as regular. The program is completely voluntary, but Landry has barely attended any workouts for reasons unknown to Jets beat writers. My guess is that the reason has something to do with his Achilles.

Between Landry and all of his problems, and the mediocre Eric Smith and Yeremiah Bell, recently signed, the Jets might have the worst safeties in the NFL. Right now, the Jets best bets at the position would be to hope that Landry miraculously stays healthy for 16 games, that one or both of their late round picks at the position breaks out, and/or that Jim Leonhard is healthy for Training Camp, resigns with the Jets, and makes it through the season.

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